Legal Opinion

Stanley v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 18, 2010No. 2D09-3736Published

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Barbara J. Stanley appeals an unusual order that purports to modify her probation to require all future restitution payments to be made to the Florida Crimes Compensation Trust Fund rather than to the actual victim. We are not completely certain that Ms. Stanley was harmed by this order, but the irregularities associated with the order are substantial and the entities that may have been harmed by the order have had no notice of the order. Accordingly, we reverse the order and require the trial court to reinstate the earlier order of probation.

Ms. Stanley was charged with…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. SequeiraHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Knaus v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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